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Interim Conservation
Areas for Wyong Shire
Development Control Plan No. 13
Part 1- Introduction
1.1 What is this Plan Called?
This plan shall be cited as "Interim Conservation
Areas for Wyong Shire, Development Control Plan No 13".
1.2 Where does this Plan
Apply?
This plan applies to all lands identified on the attached
plan showing "potential conservation investigation
areas". These areas are shown in red in Appendix
B and represent those lands that are under investigation
for either the conservation of threatened species, retention
of native vegetation or protection of wildlife corridors.
This plan does not apply to developments identified
under the exemptions outlined in Part
4 of Development
Control Plan No 14 - Vegetation Management; or those
which are provided for by Clause 5.1 of Development
Control Plan No 30 - Wetlands; or development which
satisfies the minor development checklist in Council's
Flora and Fauna Guidelines for Development. It also
does not apply to single dwelling houses on existing
lots, additions and ancillary development. Developments
defined as Exempt or Complying development, as outlined
in DCP
No 85 - Exempt Development and DCP
No 86 - Complying Development, are also exempt from
the provisions of this particular policy. Council may
make additional determinations that some forms of development
also constitute minor development.
1.3 What are the Aims of this
Plan?
The aim of this plan is to protect
and conserve remaining natural areas and wildlife corridor
opportunities until ecological studies have been fully
completed within "potential conservation investigation
areas".
The objectives of the plan are:
- To protect native vegetation, maintain ecological
processes and biological diversity within lands
that are under investigation for conservation purposes.
- To maintain important wildlife linkages for
flora and fauna.
- To discourage development proposals that have
the potential to fragment, disturb or introduce
new threatening processes into natural areas.
- To promote the establishment and retention
of habitat corridors and natural areas in order
to contribute to the long-term survival of native
flora and fauna in the local area.
- To provide clear information on Council's
requirement for the submission of relevant environmental
information for development proposals which fall within
potential conservation areas that are under
investigation within Wyong Shire.
This DCP has been developed in accordance with Section
72 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act,
1979. This DCP is to be used in the assessment of development
applications by Council. To satisfy the requirements
of this Plan Council may require applicants to undertake
additional studies, surveys and assessments to investigate
the impacts of development on potential conservation
investigation areas. To expedite the development approval
process, applicants should consult with Council prior
to DA lodgement to ensure that development proposals
address all relevant matters.
1.4 How does this Plan Relate
to other Plans and Policies?
How does this DCP relate to other planning instruments,
legislation and Council policies?
In the event of any inconsistency with any other Development
Control Plan this plan shall prevail to the extent of
the inconsistency.
Several other Acts and State Environmental Planning
Policies (SEPPs) influence biodiversity and conservation
decisions in Wyong Shire. Most contain separate assessment
consideration and different development processes. A
list of relevant legislation and policies is provided
in Appendix
A.
In addition to the requirements of this policy, other
Council environmental policies must also be satisfied.
These include:
- Development Control Plan No 30 - Wetlands
- Development
Control Plan No 14 - Vegetation Management
- Flora and Fauna Guidelines for Development
- Green Corridors Policy - G1
- Interim Ecological Assessment Information
Required to Assess Clearing Impacts within Squirrel
Glider Habitat within Wyong Shire.
- Interim Survey Guidelines for Ground Orchids
which are listed on the TSC Act, 1995 in Wyong Shire
1.5 Format and Use of this
DCP
Figure
1 illustrates the DCP's function in relation to
the development assessment process.
1.6 Definitions Used in
this Plan
| Term |
Definition |
| biological
diversity |
means the diversity of life and is made up of
the following components:
a. genetic diversity - the variety of genes (or
units of heredity) in any population
b. species diversity - the variety of species
c. ecosystem diversity - the variety of communities
or ecosystems.
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| compensatory |
means the restoration
of habitat on a cleared or degraded site to
habitat reinstate the structure and dynamics of
pre-existing habitat as a compensatory measure for
the loss of an area of native vegetation. |
| connectivity
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means the degree
of interconnection of habitat utilised by a particular
species
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| ecological
community |
means an assemblage
of species occupying a particular area
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| ecological
processes |
means those processes
that play an essential role in maintaining the integrity
and continuity of an ecosystem.
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| fauna
groups |
means a group of
species which occupy a similar ecological niche |
| fragmentation |
means the process
of progressive loss and isolation of habitat leading
to reduction in habitat connectivity for some species. |
| habitat
|
means an area or
place occupied by a particular species, population
or ecological community. |
| habitat
corridor |
means an area or
network of areas of native vegetation or habitat
that enables migration, colonisation or interbreeding
of plants and animals between two or more larger
areas of habitat. |
| no
net loss |
means that an equivalent
portion of habitat will be required to be restored
or created as part of any compensatory habitat measure. |
| potential
|
means the areas
shown in the colour red on the map titled "potential
conservation conservation investigation area"
which is attached to this plan.
investigation area |
| riparian
land |
means any land which
adjoins, directly influences, or is influenced by
a body of water.
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| species
|
means a group of
organisms capable of interbreeding freely with each
other but (usually) not with members of other species,
and includes any recognised sub-species and taxon
below a sub-species, and any recognisable variant
of a sub-species of a taxon. |
| threatened
species |
means a species
specific in Part 1 or 4 of Schedule 1 or in Schedule
2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995,
being a species considered to be at risk of becoming
extinct, or of becoming endangered. |
| Threatened
species |
means any species,
population or ecological community which is
Population or scheduled under the Threatened Species
Conservation Act, 1995.
community |
| threatening
process |
means a process
that threatens, or may have the capability to threaten,
the survival or evolutionary development of a species,
populations or ecological communities
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